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Topeka Police Bicycle Training Class

HarringtonPhoto — Wed, 18 May 2011 01:38:01 +0000

On my walk today through Gage Park what originally caught my eye was about a dozen of Topeka’s finest on their bicycles in the middle of the sand volleyball pit! I was completely intrigued (nosey) about what was going on. We’ll I missed that scene but I did capture some other great footage of the Topeka Police Bicycle Patrol training class today.

They were very nice to let me stand there and watch them train and even to take some video of it all. I tried riding my bike once as a kid up some stairs but it wasn’t met with much success and more than likely ended with a bruised up knee! Criminals need to know that these guys are very quiet and they are able to give chase either up or down stairs, over curbs and through sand!

Thanks for letting me hang out with you guys for a short time today!!

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Iwig Milk Store Gage Blvd. Topeka

HarringtonPhoto — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 03:16:03 +0000

Iwig Dairy recently opened a little dairy store on Gage Blvd. across from Gage Park. Iwig is also becoming known around Northeast Kansas as the “Family Farm that Could”. Near collapse last year the Iwig’s have fought back against years of “progress” in Kansas farming back to a simpler time where freshness and taste were considered the necessary quality and not just price.

In the store on Gage they offer milk, of course, but also eggs, cheese, ice cream, bread, cream and honey. Is it just me or does milk taste fresher and colder in glass bottles? I’ll tell you one thing and that is if you now use powdered artificial creamer in your morning coffee that is made with high fructose corn syrup do not try Iwig’s Fresh Cream! Their fresh cream is near addictive! If the truth be known I bet you Iwig’s Fresh Cream is a lot more healthy for you as well! They have a hard time keeping their fresh Strawberry Milk in stock it sells out very quickly!

The next time you drive by the little store on Gage stop in and by some fresh Kansas dairy products. You’ll be buying directly from the farmer and the products they sell are literally “farm fresh” having usually been made in Techumseh (suburb of Topeka) the day before.

About: Tom Harrington is a photographer and co-owner at Harrington Photography,llc Topeka, KS. Since 1993 Harrington’s has been “Capturing Life’s Memories” of the people in Topeka and Northeast Kansas. Our photography studio is located at 806 SW 12th St. Our phone number is: 785-233-3827. Harrington’s specializes in weddings, families, children and senior photography (the milestones in people’s lives).

A Little Bit of Spring

HarringtonPhoto — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 23:02:45 +0000

We’ve had a little bit more snow and a little more is maybe on the way so I decided to post a couple of images taken last week when it was closer to 80 degrees. These images were taken during my frequent walk through Gage Park. Spring is just around the corner!

About: Tom Harrington is a photographer and co-owner at Harrington Photography,llc Topeka, KS. Since 1993 Harrington’s has been “Capturing Life’s Memories” of the people in Topeka and Northeast Kansas. Our photography studio is located at 806 SW 12th St. Our phone number is: 785-233-3827. Harrington’s specializes in weddings, families, children and senior photography (the milestones in people’s lives).

Spring Has Sprung In Topeka!

HarringtonPhoto — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 05:11:00 +0000

A couple of days ago I blogged about taking a walk through Gage Park here in Topeka. That day it was around 40 degrees and cloudy. Well what a difference two days makes here in T-town! Today I go for the same walk and it’s a little over 70 degrees and sunny! I get to Gage Park and it looks like memorial day! Their are people everywhere playing horse shoes, baseball, swinging and the parking lot at the zoo was near capacity! What a difference 30 degrees makes. It is plain to see that the fine citizens of Topeka, Ks. were just about fed up with the winter weather and were aching for an opportunity to get outside. Hopefully we’ll have a couple more of these beautiful days before we get the inevitable cold snap once or twice more before spring arrives to stay!

Spring is coming to Topeka!

HarringtonPhoto — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:53:31 +0000

Brisk walk to and around the Rose Garden area at Gage Park here in Topeka today (about 38 degrees) but there are definitely signs of spring coming up. It won’t be long now before Gage Park will be full of people picnicking, playing softball and swimming! Oh; how I love summer but I also like having the park in the winter all to myself as well! Here are a couple of photos of the first signs of the flowers of spring.